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44 Articles found on Thursday, 16 April 2009
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16-04-2009
IF it was right for Swapo to recruit small kids as Swapo pioneers, why should it be wrong today for RDP to let schoolchildren attend our rallies? – RDP Youth League Secretary Sam Hamunyela asking for
readTraditional leaders deserve better salaries: Moongo
16-04-2009
TRADITIONAL leaders in Namibia are paid “peanuts” and do not receive medical aid or funeral cover, despite their “important role” in rural societies, says a DTA leader.“A traditional chief in Namibia
readMburumba Kerina back in the Swapo fold
16-04-2009
ONE of Swapo’s founding members, Mburumba Kerina, has rejoined the party after several years with the opposition.Swapo secretary for information Jerry Ekandjo announced Kerina’s move at a media
readHigher minimum wage for guards
16-04-2009
SECURITY guards can look forward to a pay hike in June after a new agreement on wages was signed yesterday at the head office of the Ministry of Labour.A signing ceremony scheduled for 10h00 only took
readPrisoner found dead in cell
16-04-2009
A TRIAL-AWAITING prisoner was found dead in the holding cells at the Katutura Police station on Tuesday morning. He has been identified as 44-year-old Frans Ishuna. The Police said yesterday that
readCCF in running for top prize
16-04-2009
THE Cheetah Conservation Fund (CCF) has been named as one of three finalists for the St Andrews Prize for the Environment, an initiative by the University of St Andrews in Scotland and international
readStruggle kids descend on Swapo headquarters
16-04-2009
MORE than 200 ‘children of the liberation struggle’ yesterday descended on the Swapo Party headquarters in Katutura and set up seven tents on the premises.The group included the 98 people who had
readGovt guaranteed billions in loans for Air Namibia
16-04-2009
GOVERNMENT gave N$3,7 billion in financial guarantees to mainly State-Owned Enterprises and bought shares to the tune of N$3,7 billion in to them, during the 2006-07 financial year.Of this, the lion’s
read5 Angolan ‘drug mules’ nabbed at airport
16-04-2009
FIVE Angolan nationals have been arrested for possession of cocaine and were being held at the Katutura State Hospital all of yesterday afternoon and into the night.The five male suspects were
readTop cop sentenced for drunken driving
16-04-2009
SUSPENDED Police Commissioner Neromba Lotti Uusiku was sentenced to two years’ imprisonment or fines totalling N$8 000 when his trial on a drunken driving charge ended in the Windhoek Regional Court
readSKW to tighten screws
16-04-2009
TABLE-toppers SKW have the mandate to further tighten the screws at the summit of the premiership if they want to position themselves to capture their first ever post-Independence league title when
readSomali pirate attack US food aid ship
16-04-2009
MOMBASA – Somali pirates fired grenades and automatic weapons at an American freighter loaded with food aid but the ship managed to escape the attack and was heading Wednesday to Kenya under US Navy
readOn the trail of a rhino
16-04-2009
IN an arid habitat of gravel plains and shrubs in northwestern Namibia, men and women in camouflage clothes spend two weeks a month tracking the desert-adapted black rhino and other native wildlife
readACP, EU agree to protect countries’ interests in EPAs
16-04-2009
THE safeguarding of Namibia’s national and regional interests under an Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the European Union (EU) are stressed in a resolution taken by the 156-member
readPohamba calls for tolerance, nation building
16-04-2009
NAMIBIANS should continue to promote peace, security, stability and tolerance in the country and reject tribalism, regionalism, ethnicity, racism, sexism and nepotism, “with the contempt they
readSMSes for Thu 16 Apr 09
16-04-2009
* CONDOMS are all over the place. Everybody in Namibia knows about condoms and I’ll bet almost everybody has seen a condom at least once. Not much more can be done; the information is out there,
readDay of reckoning in brutal murder and corpse burning trial
16-04-2009
CABINET member Ngarikutuke Tjiriange was a notable no-show in the High Court in Windhoek yesterday as the trial of his son on charges that include counts of murder and robbery entered its final phase.
readNam heads for recession
16-04-2009
NAMIBIA is on the brink of a recession as the global economic crisis increasingly takes its toll on diamond mining and tourism.The Bank of Namibia (BoN) yesterday adjusted its forecast for economic
read‘Golden boy’ De la Hoya announces retirement
16-04-2009
LOS ANGELES – Ten-time boxing world champion Oscar de la Hoya announced his retirement from the sport here on Tuesday.The 36-year-old Mexican-American’s last bout was back in December when Filipino
readNamibia’s Snyman desperate for success
16-04-2009
NAMIBIAN cricketer Gerrie Snyman is one of those infuriating sportsmen who undersells his own talent.Worse still, he has converted himself from an opening bowler who occasionally bats to an
readFlower, England director
16-04-2009
LONDON – Former Zimbabwe wicketkeeper Andy Flower was confirmed as England’s new team director yesterday by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB).Flower, part of the England coaching set up for
readSports Indaba starts today
16-04-2009
THE Namibia Sports Commission (NSC) will host its first-ever Sports Indaba from today to Friday at Heja Lodge outside Windhoek.NSC chief administrator Rusten Mogane said the main aim of the indaba is
readBrave Warriors going down
16-04-2009
NAMIBIA’S Brave Warriors have moved down six places to 121 in the world according to the latest Fifa rankings.Namibia played three matches over the past month, drawing all three under current coach
readEnvironment law now on film
16-04-2009
A NEW documentary film on Namibia’s Environmental Management Act will be screened for the first time this afternoon.The film, titled ‘A Balancing Act’, will be shown at the Safari Hotel in Windhoek at
readBuffalo calves fall victim to floods
16-04-2009
TWO buffalo calves stranded in floodwater in eastern Caprivi have died.Floodwater trapped more than 200 buffaloes on an island at Kasika last month, and another 150 were stranded on an island at
readUnwed virgin set to be next British singing star!
16-04-2009
LONDON – A middle-aged volunteer church worker with the voice of an angel is Britain’s latest unlikely showbiz star.Susan Boyle (47) wowed judges and audience alike when she performed on the
readIran preparing to build new relationship with US
16-04-2009
TEHRAN – Iran’s president said yesterday he is willing to forget the past and build a new relationship with the United States, adding that he is preparing a new package of proposals aimed at breaking
readFrench polevaulter’s cheek pays dividends
16-04-2009
PARIS – World polevault vice-champion Romain Mesnil’s unusual stunt to attract sponsorship – he ran through the streets of Paris naked – has paid dividends.The silver medalist at the 2007 Athletics
readStone-throwing Afghans swarm women’s protest
16-04-2009
KABUL – Hundreds of Afghans swarmed a demonstration of more than 100 women protesting yesterday against a new marriage law they say restricts wives’ rights. The women were pelted with small stones as
readCash stash in bra stops bullet
16-04-2009
SAO PAULO – Police say a wad of cash stuffed in a woman’s bra saved her life during a shootout in northeastern Brazil. Salvador city police spokesman Vicente de Paula said 58-year-old Ivonete Pereira
readBrazil, Russia, US undo Opec’s supply cut
16-04-2009
AS Opec nations make their biggest oil production cuts on record, Brazil, Russia and the US are pumping out more, threatening to send crude back below US$50 (N$452,95) a barrel as demand slows.US
readAngola to issue US$8 billion government bonds
16-04-2009
LUANDA – Angola will issue 60 billion kwanzas (US$8 billion) of government bonds this year to help finance its reconstruction programme given falling revenue from its two main exports, oil and
readTrustco enjoying listing on JSE Africa Board
16-04-2009
TRUSTCO’S daily performance on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) since listing on the JSE’s Africa Board in February has exceeded its daily performance on the Namibia Stock Exchange (NSX) for that
readTelecom and MTC join N$5,5 billion sea cable project
16-04-2009
TELECOM Namibia and MTC have joined a multinational consortium of telecommunications operators to help fund a multimillion-dollar undersea fibre-optic cable with a length of 14 000 kilometres, to be
readAngola says eyes more loans from China
16-04-2009
LUANDA – Angola could soon secure more loans from China to rebuild infrastructure and diversify its economy away from oil after an almost three-decade long civil war, Angolan Finance Minister Severim
readOngopolo, Tsumeb smelter weathering financial crisis
16-04-2009
WEATHERLY Mining is considering ways to revive its shuttered Ongopolo mine and also intends investing more than US$6 million during the rest of 2009 to upgrade its smelter at Tsumeb and ensure
readSOEs to submit business plans
16-04-2009
ALL State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) will have to draw up and submit business plans in future which must be submitted to the newly established SOE Governance Council and their line Ministries so that
readAU says EU must respect integration
16-04-2009
LUSAKA – The African Union (AU) says Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) with the European Union (EU) should not compromise Africa’s efforts to integrate.AU Deputy Chairperson, Erastus Mwencha said
readOmayugo mOvenduka onkee taga tsikile
16-04-2009
AAFEKELWA yatatu kaye shiwike oya yugu omufaalelwa gumwe (komulongu gwondjembo) uusiku wOlyomakaya lwopokati kontundi ontimulongo nontimulongo nambali mondjila ya Monte Chris mu Katutura.Aafekelwa
readMeekulu Kaupuwa Ndjadila a hulitha
16-04-2009
OMUKALIMO a tseyika nawa gwomOmbaye mOshitopolwa sha Rongo nomOngenga mOshitopolwa sha Hangwena, meekulu Kaupuwa Ndjadila okwa manene oondjenda dhe mOshipangelo sha Kahandja mOlyomakaya ga zi ko
readOonakutembudhwa momagumbo geni takamitheni omayako
16-04-2009
MBOKA mwa li mwa tembudhwa momagumbo geni omolu omeya gefundja, ta kamitheni omayoka sho tamu shuna ko ishewe komagumbo geni, oshoka nani otashi vulika mwa ya omayoka manga mwa li kOosenda hoka mwa
readOnkundana paufupi
16-04-2009
BOUAKE – Aantu mboka ya li nale Oorebele mu Ivory Coast mEtiyali lyoshiwike shika oya ningi eindilo kOmuwiliki gwawo, Guillaume Soro, a thige po opoosa yUuprimaminista opo i ikaleke kokule nongundu
readmoHardap mwa monika omukithi gwiinyamwenyo
16-04-2009
IINAMWENYO pofaalama ya yimwe moshitopolwa sha Hardap oya monika omukithi gwiinamwenyo, ngoka hagu vulu wo aniwa okukwata aantu.Ndohotola omukuluntu gwiinamwenyo gwopakathimbo, Frans Joubert, okwa ti
readYatatu ya tindilwa ombooloha
16-04-2009
AAFEKELWA yatatu oya holoka mOmpangu ya Mengestrata pOmaruru mEtiyali, shi na sha nedhipago lyaakulupe yaali - Jannie (80) na Toets (75) Kruger pofaalama yawo yedhina Parry pOmaruru momasiku 12 ga
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